Wednesday SSBB Report: February 27th

In Super Smash Bros. for the N64, there were a total of 12 characters to use. (4 of which were unlockable.) In Melee, the cast featured a substantially greater 25 characters. (15 available from the start.) Brawl, contains a slightly greater still 35 characters to use! That's just under three times the N64 original's roster. Here comes the list, with name, SSB inclusion, (Veteran, Melee, Newcomer) and whither or not the character needs to be unlocked.
Mario-Veteran-Available at start
Donkey Kong-Veteran-Available at start
Link-Veteran-Available at start
Samus-Veteran-Available at start
Kirby-Veteran-Available at start
Fox-Veteran-Available at start
Pikachu-Veteran-Available at start
Marth-Melee-Unlockable
Mr. Game and Watch-Melee-Unlockable
Luigi-Veteran-Unlockable
Diddy Kong-Newcomer-Available at start
Zelda-Melee-Available at start
Pit-Newcomer-Available at start
Meta Knight-Newcomer-Available at start
Falco-Melee-Unlockable
Pokemon Trainer-Newcomer-Available at start
Ike-Newcomer-Available at start
Snake-3rd Party Newcomer-Unlockable (Showtime!)
Peach-Melee-Available at start
Yoshi-Veteran-Available at start
Ganondorf-Melee-Unlockable
Ice Climbers-Melee-Available at start
King DeDeDe-Newcomer-Available at start
Wolf-Newcomer-Unlockable
Lucario-Newcomer-Unlockable
Ness-Veteran-Unlockable
Sonic-3rd Party Newcomer-Unlockable
Bowser-Melee-Available at start
Wario-Newcomer-Available at start
Windwaker Link-Replaces Young Link-Unlockable
R.O.B.-Newcomer-Unlockable
Olimar-Newcomer-Available at start
Captain Falcon-Veteran-Unlockable
Jigglypuff-Veteran-Unlockable (Yes...she's still here.)
Lucas-Newcomer-Available from start
That's all of them. Come back next week for the 5 day Final Smash Countdown!
11 sleeps until Brawl.